#4BC4D8#4BC4D8

#4BC4D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.109 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC4D8
RGB	rgb(75, 196, 216)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 9.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.50, -27.29, -19.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.50, 33.78, 216.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.0942 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.109 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0310, 45.9297, 71.9716)
Luminance	0.4593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC4D8 #D85F4B

analogous

#4BD8A6 #4BC4D8 #4B7DD8

triadic

#4BC4D8 #D84BC4 #C4D84B

tetradic

#4BC4D8 #A64BD8 #D85F4B #7DD84B

square

#4BC4D8 #A64BD8 #D85F4B #7DD84B

split-complementary

#4BC4D8 #D84B7D #D8A64B

monochromatic

#1E7B8B #29A8BD #4BC4D8 #7DD4E3 #B0E5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#4BC4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#4BC4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC4D8

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC4D8	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BDD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 196, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.109 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd6e4',
    500: '#4bc4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc4d8;
$custom-light: #8dd6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.511,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76092,
    "c": 0.10927,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC4D8

secondary

#DCABA3

accent

#5840E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC4D8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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